LANXESS is presenting its extensive product portfolio at the European Coatings Show 2025 in Nuremberg. This includes raw materials, biocides, environmentally friendly plasticizers, as well as coalescents, flame retardants, additives and preservatives.

LANXESS offers high-performance, sustainable solutions to ensure both maximum efficiency and sustainability, helping customers to meet regulatory requirements and optimize operational standards.
 

Non-biocidal additive for adhesives

With Klarix XIT, LANXESS presents a new non-biocidal additive for adhesives, emulsions and other water-based industrial products. The product allows the use of the biocidal active ingredient CIT/MIT during production and then to remove these again completely or partially after they have taken effect. By adding Klarix XIT, CIT (chloromethylisothiazolinone) and MIT (methylisothiazolinone) are broken down within a short time – no CIT and MIT residues are left in the final application. This enables Klarix XIT to produce biocide-free or low-biocide end products.

Klarix XIT is based on harmless components that react with CMIT and MIT. Klarix XIT is supplied as a colorless, almost clear liquid. It can be used undiluted and is easily soluble in water, making it easy and flexible to use.
 

Plasticizers, coalescents & flame retardants

The Polymer Additives business unit (PLA) offers a wide variety of other additives: The plasticizer Mesamoll® is especially suitable for flexible sealants and adhesives that require a long-term stability, particularly in contact with concrete and moisture. K-FLEX® is also used as a standard plasticizer in waterborne and hot-melt adhesives.

The phosphorus-based additives of the Disflamoll® brand provide effective flame retardance. They are colorless and are used in both solvent-based and aqueous dispersions, do not affect the color of the end products and are also suitable for transparent applications. Disflamoll® products are used in CAS (coatings, adhesives, sealants) applications to meet the regulatory fire protection requirements.